Senior RF Engineer - Aerospace/Defense, Onsite Hawthorne

Chaos Industries; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits fully covered

401k with company match

Relocation assistance

Free daily lunch

Unlimited PTO

No meeting Fridays

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to design, analyze, integrate, and verify high-reliability RF and microwave electronics for aerospace and defense applications. This hands-on role focuses on translating system requirements into robust RF implementations, validating performance through lab measurements and field testing.

The position is full-time, on-site in Hawthorne, CA, requiring collaboration with cross-functional teams and the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required; advanced degrees preferred for senior roles.
• Experience building RF hardware for aerospace/defense systems is essential.
• Hands-on lab work with RF test equipment and measurements is expected.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, prototype, and tune RF boards using catalog MMICs (LNAs, PAs, mixers).
• Perform architecture studies and component tradeoffs for system RF performance.
• Plan, execute RF testing and characterization at board/module levels.
• Develop RF test fixtures and automation plans.
• Collaborate with systems, power, digital, mechanical, and software teams for integration.
• Provide technical support from development to production and field.

Skills

RF engineering

VNA testing

RF test equipment

Altium PCB layout

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

Masters or PhD preferred

Tools

VNAs

Spectrum analyzers

HFSS/ADS/AWR

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior RF Engineer to design, analyze, integrate, and verify high-reliability RF and microwave electronics for aerospace and defense applications. This hands-on role focuses on translating system requirements into robust RF implementations, validating performance through lab measurements and field testing.

The position is full-time, on-site in Hawthorne, CA, requiring collaboration with cross-functional teams and the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.